The skyscraper, which was designed by the New York architecture firm Oiio Studio in 2017, would be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere at 2,000 feet (610 m) if it were built.

"[1] The Big Bend would likely stand on a stretch of 57th Street called Billionaires' Row, south of Central Park in Midtown Manhattan.

Plitt cited opposition to supertall skyscrapers by the local community, as well as a lack of funding, as potential issues for the project.

[8] The nearby Calvary Baptist Church and the Department of City Planning have not given official comments on the proposal, as of March 2017.

Layla Law-Gisiko, the chair of the Sunshine Task Force of Community Board 5 took note of the Oiio Studio's imaginative nature, but called the design "silly" and "out of touch".